Hat-fastener.



G. F. PACKARD.

-HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. a, 1913.

1,176,922. Y Patented Mar. 28,1916.

WITNESSES INVENTOR THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO" WASHINGTON, D. K

GRANVILLE F. PACKARD, OIE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-FASTENERf Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed February 8, 1913. Serial N 0. 747,080.

To all whom it may concern- Beit known that I, GRANVILLE F. PACK-V ARD, a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat fasteners.

The object of the invention'is to provide a simple and inexpensive device ofthe character described, by means of which the danger from projectinghat pin points is avoided, and wherein the fastening pin may be easily inserted into place, and when fully pushed home, is frictionally held in place in the hat by its own resiliency, and thus is prevented from accidentally loosening or slipping out of place. a

A further object of the invention is to provide a hat fastener having a pin which can be readily provided with an ornament, to thereby improve the appearance of the hat and conceal the pin from view.

Other objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear hereinafter.

The invention comprises the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hat fastenerembodying the invention, as the same appears before attachment to the hat; Fig. 2 illustrates an elevation of the base member and pin with an ornament secured thereto, and in section a portion of the hat crown, and shows the manner in which the pin is inserted; and Fig. 3 is a view of the inside of the hat crown, with the pin attached thereto, as seen from the right in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the hat fastener comprises a base member 1, which is secured to the hat crown 6 and cooperates with a pin 2. The base member 1 may be of any suitable shape, but is shown as a round member of substantial thickness and provided with two apertures to receive the prongs 10 of the pin. Said base member is attached to the outside of the hat crown, and as a means of securing it thereto is shown as provided with a plurality of prongs 5 which are passed through the hat crown from the outside and are bent or clenched around a ring or loop 7 placed against the inside of the hat crown. The base member is therefore very firmly secured to the hat crown and will not become loosened therefrom. The ring 7 prevents the prongs 5 of the base member from being pulled out through the soft material of the crown or otherwise injuring the same, and to prevent them from catching in the hair they are preferably bent down rather closely against the outside of the ring 7 and into fairly close contact with the hat crown, as shown at 8, Fig. 2.

The base member 1, as stated, is made of substantial thickness, so as to afford a material or extended bearing in the apertures therein for the prongs 10 of the hat pin 2. This pin is made of strong spring wire with its prongs of any suitable length, preferably shorter than the distance across the hat crown, so that only one side of the crown will be pierced by said pins. The prongs shown diverge at their free ends and are also bent downwardly slightly, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to conform fairly closely to the contour of the head. At their outer ends the prongs 10 of the pin are connected bya yielding spring member or head 11, which is formed by bending the wire of the pin which connects the outer ends of the prongs into suitable form for producing a spring action and allowing the two prongs of the pin to move bodily toward and away from each other. Preferably, the wire of this spring head is bent in a plane normal to the length of the pins, so that the head 11 is fiat and when the pin is pushed fully home or to its inner position in the base member the head 11 lies flat against the base member 1. Consequently the pin does not project appreciably from the side of the hat and is inconspicuous. Furthermore, by bending the wire in a fiat plane normal to the length of the pin, to form the head 11, said head can be readily provided with an ornament, such as the disk 13, shown in Fig. 2, which may be formed of any suitable precious metal or the like. This may be a fiat ornament which also lies close to the hat crown and is inconspicuous. It may be readily secured by soldering or in any other suitable manner, to only one of the wires of the head 11, such as the middle Wire thereof, which permits the spring to yield and allows the two prongs of the pin to move bodily with reference to each other, which it would not do if the ornament were secured rigidly to all of the several bends of the wire of the flat head 11.

The distance between the two prongs 1O lGl of the pin closely adjacent to the spring" head 11 is made something difierent from the distance between the two holes in the relatively to each other in pushing the pin home, so that said spring head is placed under tension and exerts a frictional action between the prongs-and thebearing surfaces in the holes in the base member, so

' that the pin-does not easily escape from the base member and some force is necessary to Withdraw it. It therefore is-not likely to be accidentally loosened and the hat is securely held on the head.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A hat pin, comprisingwire bent to form a pair of prongs, thewireof said pin connecting theouter ends of said prongs bei-ng'bent ba'ck and forth into zigzag form so as to forma Z-shaped spring head with the Wire thereof lying in a plane transverse to the length of said pin, said headbeing Copies of this patent may be obtained for adapted to lie fiat against the hat and to have a flat ornament secured at one place to 'thewii'e of'said head and permitting said prongs to move bodily relatively to' each other adjacent said head.

2. A hat pin, comprising Wire bent to forma pair of prongs, the W11? of said pin connecting the outer ends of said prongs ornament secured at one place to the Wire of said head and permittingsaid prongs to move bodily relativelyto each otherad jacent said head. r

In testimony whereof lha e hereunto set my hand.

Witnesses:

ELBERT L. HYDE, WM. P; LARKIN.

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